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The Manitoba government's latest spring flood forecast raises the risk of flooding in the Assiniboine River and some other waterways, but the Red River's flood risk is unchanged.

Officials announced Wednesday that additional snowfall in Saskatchewan and cooler temperatures, delaying the spring runoff, have raised the likelihood of moderate to major flooding on the Assiniboine and Souris rivers.

The province's outlook, the third to be issued this season, also raises the flood risk for the Roseau and Pembina rivers to moderate to major, based on information from forecasters in the United States.

For the Red River, the risk of flooding remains at moderate to major, meaning there's no change from the province's last forecast in March. Officials said ice jams remain a major concern for parts of the Red.